Feds’ global pandemic response must support local peace building

While serious human rights abuses have not been reduced, what has changed is the ability of local and international organizations to organize and accompany affected communities, and to monitor and denounce these abuses.

A Mennonite Central Committee service worker, Giles Eanes, left, and Rutilio Rivas, director of MCC partner Weaving Hope Agricultural Foundation (FAGROTES/Fundación Agropecuaria Tejiendo Esperanza), demonstrate a method used for harvesting rice by hand during a visit to Luis Norberto Mosquera's farm in March 2018. The project is run by the Mennonite Brethren Church in Chocó.Growing Hope Globally photograph by Alex Morse

Opinion

BY ANNALEE GIESBRECHT

November 25, 2020

The Colombian region of Chocó is one of the rainiest places in the world. When the region’s rivers flood, whole communities find themselves displaced, and in need of assistance. But providing humanitarian support to these communities isn’t a simple matter of gett...

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